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Ossoff: "If you live in a major democracy, and the nation's spy chief is showing up at raids on sensitive election sites, something has gone wrong."

HELLO?!?

We’ve only been saying this for 16 months now!!!!

Positive environmental stories from 2026 Eco anxiety is very real, so we share this year's most uplifting stories to prove there’s hope for our climate.

”Wind power pacts and pollution-busting kitchen appliances:
Positive environmental stories.”
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Twin Cities Unions Planning ‘Largest US Rent Strike in 100+ Years’ as ICE Occupation Drives Eviction Crisis | Common Dreams "Tenants in Minnesota are in a crisis," said Minneapolis City Council Member Aisha Chughtai. "The federal invasion forced many of our neighbors to stay home and devastated our local economy."

Twin Cities Unions Planning 'Largest US Rent Strike in 100+ Years' as ICE Occupation Drives Eviction Crisis
#ICEOUT #FDT #Rent #Eviction #MN #ICEOUTNOW
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Japanese carved brown wood image of a mermaid with sleeked back hair streaming behind her and a hand on her scaly tail.

#FolkloreThursday In Japanese folklore, eating the flesh of a ningyo, or mermaid, grants eternal life and youth. It was also said that Ningyo blood will cure any wound.

Boxwood ningyo netsuke, Tadayoshi, 19th century
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Download video here: www.flickr.com/video_download.gne?id=54222561809 See license below. Credits: Processing: AndreaLuck CC BY Raw Data: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin Non deflickered video with all the filters: flic.kr/p/2q2uyFJ Full size image: flic.kr/p/2q2shzf Animation created processing data from: psa.esa.int/ Mission: ESA Mars Express North is approx up Instrument: HRSC Orbit: 24725 Real Time: 2 minutes and 14 seconds Frames: HO725_0000_RE4.IMG 2023-08-01T00:14:40.469 HO725_0000_ND4.IMG 2023-08-01T00:12:49.455 HO725_0000_GR4.IMG 2023-08-01T00:12:26.450 Colours: HO725_0000_RE4.IMG HO725_0000_GR4.IMG HO725_0000_BL4.IMG Notes: 3 HRSC map projected filters were processed with GIMP. Due to the different spectral responses of these filters, I used a script created by Simeon Schmauß (www.flickr.com/photos/semeion) to deflicker the frames (explanation: bsky.app/profile/stim3on.bsky.social/post/3lcsvbai6nc2g). The dust movement in this animation likely also includes parallax as a factor, caused by the spacecraft scanning the surface while in orbit. Credits: Image Processing: AndreaLuck CC BY Raw Data: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin Feel free to share, giving the appropriate credit and providing a link to the original image or tweet: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Video - Mars - Dust Storm on the Olympus Mons Aug 1 2023 - ESA Mars Express - From Andrea Luck (andrealuck.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2qBsNxk

🧪🧵 During my recent voyage to the #Antarctic Peninsula on #BarkEuropa we experienced rain rather than snow on 5 consecutive days, which I'm fairly sure must be unusual in this region. The temperature anomaly map for January from @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social provides an explanation.

A bit of chilly serenity. 🧪

EU-Steuerregeln zeigen Wirkung – sind aber hochkomplex
Die Maßnahmen zur Bekämpfung von Steuervermeidung in der Europäischen Union (EU) wurden in den vergangenen Jahren deutlich ausgeweitet. Eine aktuelle Studie der Universität Mannheim, d...
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Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was found guilty of leading an insurrection during his short-lived imposition of martial law in late 2024, which plunged the country into political chaos and threatened to unravel decades of democracy. https://cnn.it/4rr0Vu0

YouTube video by Sen. Elissa Slotkin Trump's Authoritarian Playbook

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#ReliefWednesday with the funerary relief of freedmen Publius Licinius Philonicus and Publius Licinius Demetrius.

British Museum, 1st C. BC.

Left - rods and axes used in the ceremony of freeing a slave.
Pediment - tools of a smith or moneyer
Right - the tools of a carpenter.

#AncientBlueSky🏺

Text im Bild: Um vorzubeugen, dass nach der Wahl alle plötzlich wieder merken, dass sie ja selbst gar keine Milliardäre sind und deshalb von einer Entlastung Superreicher gar nichts haben, außer kaputter Infrastruktur, hier der Servicehinweis: Ihr seid keine Milliardäre. Bitteschön, gerne! Marco Fechner https://bsky.app/profile/pankowerpflanze.de/post/3lihabwjojc2t?fbclid=IwY2xjawQCUpNleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETJGRFBBWnNFcjFST3pQeFZ5c3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHl3tYPsDdan6m_0t8gwh962gzYpqfd_m4dpaYOJifIYGMmp6t9Tc1O6Ih8dp_aem_uQ-QPeZAASLZKXkZDlGvSg

#wemezeclassics @pankowerpflanze.de

MOD confirms Palantir contract was direct award The Ministry of Defence has confirmed that its agreement with Palantir for defence data analytics was awarded through a direct award process, citing a lack of viable alternatives.

The Ministry of Defence has confirmed that its agreement with Palantir for defence data analytics was awarded through a direct award process, citing a lack of viable alternatives.
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Screenshot of a CNN segment shared by Acyn. A split-screen shows commentator Lydia Moynihan on the left and Kevin O’Leary on the right during a heated exchange. The chyron reads, “Obama: Dems need to avoid scolding and ‘virtue-signaling.’” The post quotes O’Leary referencing China and concentration camps, and McGowan responding about West Virginia.

I spent my childhood inside of American concentration camps. I know one when I see one. And that is what ICE is building.

Studie beweist: Superreiche zahlen weniger Steuern als der Mittelstand Die Zahl der Milliardäre nimmt zu. Gleichzeitig sinken die Steuersätze, die für Superreiche gelten. BMW-Erbin Susanne Klatten etwa zahlt einer Studie zufolge weniger Abgaben als der Durchschnittsbürger.

„Die Zitrone ist ziemlich ausgequetscht“ – Merz lehnt höheren Spitzensteuersatz ab

Derweil die pralle Zitrone:

‘Doomed to fail’: Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana shares current concerns in statewide tour Despite medical marijuana being legalized in 2024, Crista Eggers says the rollout of the drug hasn’t been easy, and she’s spent these town halls hearing from Nebraskans who still don’t have access.

“People from both sides understand that this is beneficial to patients,” Osborn said. “And if they don’t understand that then they haven’t been educated yet."

At 16:45 GMT/17:45 CET the first Ariane 6 rocket with four boosters lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on 12 February, taking 32 Amazon Leo satellites to orbit.

💥💪4️⃣
The boosters used on Europe's rocket Ariane 6 are some of the most powerful one-piece solid-propulsion rocket motors in the world – and the latest liftoff saw Ariane 6 soar with four.
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This is just thing that should be released with names.

Sending warm wishes for peace and joy to Muslims around the world as they begin observing this holy month. Ramadan Mubarak!

A central figure in our government. Shameful shit.

Mamdani: "$5.4 billion is a very steep mountain to climb ... We want to work with Albany to raise personal income taxes by 2% on the 33,000 New Yorkers earning more than $1 million per year and to raise corporate taxes on the most profitable corporations."

UK shelves £110m frictionless post-Brexit trade border project Programme launched by last Tory government was worked on by Deloitte and IBM but was paused in 2024

So the UK has wasted £110m on a trade border scheme, and now spends £5bn a year sustaining all post-Brexit border controls, all because 4% more voters backed a thing a decade ago and this was broadly interpreted to mean the UK can't use the existing systems. 🤡

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